6 reasons why Twitter should block Shehla Rashid

Shehla Rashid has often circulated mistruths about situation in Jammu and Kashmir only to be called out-- latest instance being when Indian Army hit back at her for 'baseless' claims. Army, in a statement, categorically said “such unverified & fake news are spre by inimical elements and organisations to incite unsuspecting population”. Shehla Rashid despite brazenly putting out fake news continues to have verified, ‘blue tick’,  handle on Twitter. 

Here is a look at 6 or times Shehla Rashid spre fake news using Twitter, which makes repeat offender a fit case for being blocked on social media platform: 

BOLSTERED MISTRUTHS ABOUT VIOLENCE IN VALLEY

Shehla Rashid on 11th August 2019, re-tweeted unverified BBC video about Kashmiris being under attack from Indian forces and bolstered a fake narrative about situation in valley. 

FALSELY BLAMED NCIES FOR SHUJAAT BUKHARI KILLING: 

It was on 15th June, 2018 that Shehla Rashid tried to peddle ory that killing of  Shujaat Bukhari in Jammu and Kashmir was a “job of ncies”  only for Jammu and Kashmir police to come out and declare how y identified  Lashkar-e-Toiba and Pakistan links to terrorists that gunned down Kashmiri Editor. 

FAKE NEWS ON PMs ASSASSINATION 

On 9th June 2018, Shehla Rashid reduced a serious concern about an assassination plot against Prime Minister. Spreing misinformation and lies, Rashid wrote on social media, “ Looks like RSS/Gkari is planning to assassinate Modi, and n blame it upon Muslims/Communists and n lynch Muslims”. 

CLAIMED ‘PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS’ WERE BEING TARGETED, WHEN ALLEGED URBAN NAXLAS WERE NABBED 

On 2nd February, 2019 it was Shehla Rashid who said “arrest every public intellectual who is committed to cause of downtrodden” and seemed to have tried to misle on crackdown on alleged Urban Naxals. Urban Naxals are alleged to be overground workers of Maoists terrorists and considered a serious threat to national security.

FAKE NEWS ABOUT KASHMIRIS BEING UNDER ATTACK IN UTTARAKHAND 

In February this year, Uttarakhand Police registered an FIR against Shehla Rasid for spreing false information about Kashimiri students being under threat on twitter. This was following Rashid’s tweet about how “15-20 Kashmiri girls trapped in a hostel in  Dehrun for hours w, as an angry mob outside demands that y be expelled from hostels.”

EQUATED RSS WITH KU KLUX KLAN: 

On 23rd October, 2018, Shehla Rashid, equated a legally operating social organisation, RSS, with a  white supremacist hate group and wrote on social media that it “is Indian equivalent of Ku Klux Klan”.  

With Shehla Rashid’s Twitter handle constantly promoting falsehoods, it only follows logic that social media platform should take serious action to contain spre of misinformation by those who are established, habitual offenders. 

While Republic Media Network has written to Twitter vis-a-vis Shehla Rashid, social media platform is yet to respond to specifics.